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Nutrition and Physical Activity Curriculum to Educate
Promotores de Salud on Obesity Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles
Abstract: In San Bernardino County (SBC), California, 42
percent of all deaths in the County are attributed to obesity-related causes
(1). Equally alarming, 76 percent of Hispanic residents are overweight or obese
(2). In order to address this public health concern, El Sol Neighborhood
Educational Center (El Sol) and Loma Linda University School of Public Health
(LLU SPH) graduate students collaborated to develop and implement a 24-hour
nutrition and physical activity curriculum to promote healthy lifestyles, using
Community Campus Partnerships for Health principles (3).
The curriculum was designed as a resource for
organizations that can train promotores de salud (community health workers) and
other local leaders optimally positioned to be involved in obesity prevention
efforts.
Promotores are local leaders who utilize their
understanding of their own community's culture and values to provide health
education in various settings, including homes, community groups, schools, and
churches. A participatory process was used to incorporate the shared knowledge
and expertise of El Sol promotores, staff, LLU SPH graduate students, and
faculty. The curriculum uses engaging and active approaches to adult learning
to provide instruction about healthy lifestyles and advocacy, progressively
building on previous modules. It addresses an existing gap in publicly
available obesity prevention curricula targeting organizations working with the
Hispanic community, which is essential to reducing the prevalence of obesity
nationwide.
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